#formed

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#away #close #come #doors #dying

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof. ↗

— Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

#discovery #down #duty #found #i

Any experience can be transformed into something of value. ↗

— Vash Young

#experience #into #something #transformed #value

Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement! God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped. ↗

— John Piper

#theology #food

Tyranny flourishes in those societies that reject the Reformed Faith. Tyranny is squelched and liberty flourishes in those societies that embrace the Reformed Faith in all its fullness. ↗

— Joseph C. Morecraft III

#confederacy #confederate-states-of-america #freedom #liberty #reformed-faith

Blue cheese contains natural amphetamines. Why are students not informed about this? ↗

— Mark E. Smith

#blue #cheese #contains #informed #natural

The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist. ↗

— Cecilia Bartoli

#beautiful #before #daniels #david #first

For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#blood #characters #choose #family #formed

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#being #beliefs #curiosity #formed #how

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#because #born #day #ever #every